There was a black fraternity thing going on at ziggys. They had it rented out for the evening and then it opened up to everyone else at like 11 or 12. And the people there tweeted some stuff like "it's so dark in ziggys right now" and "i feel like i need to shower after being at ziggys" blahblahblah. Just dumb stuff. Nothing worth investigating but people complained so they have to do something about it.

It was a verbal attack. I never said anything about a physical attack, though a lack of response on the university's part to this certainly could lead to a more hostile environment. How do you think the university should have handled it? What effect would this event have had on the racial climate at BGSU if their had been no response from the university?

How is it weird? We choose to come to BGSU, and they expect us to show a certain level of decorum. There is a student code of conduct. Would you think it's weird if someone's boss got pissed of if they spouted out racial slurs on twitter? No, it would be normal, because your employer doesn't want to be associated with someone like that, and the University doesn't want to be associated with someone like that.

The university reserves the right to deny enrollment to students for almost any reason. Students who attend the university agree to follow university policies. Don't want to be investigated? Leave the institution. Their rulings have no legal clout, but they do hold clout within their own systems.

You find it weird that a comment made by a student is being investigated by a college, just because it was on a non-college website? Given the nature of the comment, I'd expect them to investigate it. It's quite clear that racism is not tolerated at BG, no matter where it happens, and that includes non-college related websites. It IS their business to investigate racism, because it doesn't matter where it happens to them. This isn't a violation of a free-speech, because you agreed to a policy of no-tolerance-of-racism by attending classes at BG. This is what "no-tolerance" entails.

Yeah I figured my statement would open a Pandora's box to discussion of whether this "no tolerance" policy is fair, and about free speech and all that. To clarify: I'm not going to discuss about that, but keep in mind that when you go to a specific college, you must abide by their rules; one of them here is "no tolerance of racism on or off school grounds". That includes remarks made on twitter. Whether or not they SHOULD do that is another debate. But it's what they do, what they stated they do, and what they're doing here. Going to their college is not a fundamental right and they can refuse anyone they want for practically any reason (excluding gender, race, etc).

EDIT: Correct me if I'm wrong on that last point, I could very well be wrong. Also, investigating off-campus activities is a natural part of what colleges do. They were asked to look into this. As far as I'm aware, the people involved haven't been kicked out or anything. This is just an investigation as far as I'm aware.